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. 2024 Mar 6;14:10. doi: 10.5334/tohm.851

Table 2.

Comparison of Demographic, Clinical, and Radiological profiles with other cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis series.


OUR COHORT DUELL ET AL (2018) [2] SEKIJIMA ET AL (2018) [3] MIGNARRI ET AL (2014) [4] PILO DE LA FUENTE ET AL (2011) [5] LEE ET AL (2001) [6] VERRIPS ET AL (2000) [7] BERGINER ET AL (1984) [8] STELTEN ET AL (2019) [9]

Number of patients 5 (1F, 4M) 43 40 (20M, 20F) 55 (28F, 27M) 25 (15F,10M) 19 (12F,7M) 54 17 (12F, 5M) 62 (29F/30M)

Age at onset (years) 19.2 ± 16.14 32 24.5 ± 13.6 9.5 ± 9 19.2 ± 11.2 Not reported 14 ± 11.6 Not reported Not reported

Age at Diagnosis (Years) 36.2 ± 18.3 Not reported 41 ± 11.6 35.5 ± 11.8 38 ± 10.7 Not reported 33.5 ± 10.9 Not reported 35 ± 11

Consanguineous parents 1/5 (20%) Not reported 7/40 (17.5%) 13/39 (33%) Not reported 0/12 (0%) 2/32 (6%) Not reported Not reported

Tendon Xanthomas 5/5 (100%) 33/43 (77%) 38/40 (95%) 43/55 (78%) 14/25 (56%) 19/19 (100%) 27/54 (50%) 15/17 (88%) 47 (76%)

Cataract 5/5 (100%) 30/43 (70%) 24/40 (60%) 49/55 (89%) 23/25 (92%) 14/19 (74%) 52/54 (96%) 12/17 (71%) 51 (82%)

Chronic Diarrhea 0/5 (0%) 23/43 (53%) 8/40 (20%) 22/55 (40%) 23/25 (92%) Not reported 19/54 (35%) Not reported 19 (31%)

Neonatal Jaundice 0/5 (0%) Not reported Not reported 8/55 (15%) Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported

ID/Cognitive impairment 2/5 (40%) 32/43 (74%) 28/40 (70%) 33/55 (60%) 12/25 (48%) Not reported 33/54 (61%) Not reported 54 (87%)

Behavioral Disturbances 0/5 (0%) Not reported Not reported 24/55 (44%) 14/25 (56%) Not reported Not reported Not reported 23 (37%)

Epilepsy 2/5 (40%) Not reported 4/40 (10%) 18/55 (33%) 8/25 (32%) Not reported 14/54 (26%) Not reported 18 (29%)

Pyramidal signs 5/5 (100%) Not reported 26/40 (65%) 35/55 (64%) 23/25 (92%) 17/19(89%) 39/54 (72%) 17/17 (100%) 46 (74%)

Cerebellar signs 4/5 (80%) Not reported 17/40 (42.5%) 20/55 (36%) 20/24 (83%) 17/19(89%) 35/54 (65%) 13/17 (76%) 42 (68%)

Parkinsonism 1/5 (20%) Not reported 8/40 (20%)* 5/55 (9%) Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported 32 (52%)@

Polyneuropathy 1/5 (20%) Not reported 5/40 (12.5%) 21/30 (70%) 12/18 (67%) 12/19 (63%) 19/24 (79%) 7/17 (41%) 28 (45%)

MRI-Dentate involvement 3/5 (60%) Not reported 25/40 (62.5%) 20/26 (77%) 14/23 (61%) Not reported 28/34 (82%) Not reported 38/47 (81%)

High Serum Cholestanol Not Done 43/43 (100%) 40/40 (100%) 37/37 (100%) 14/14 (100%) 19/19 (100%) 43/43 (100%) 17/17 (100%) Not reported

F: Female; ID: Intellectual disability; M: Male; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.

*: Parkinsonism/dystonia.

@: Dystonia-19 (31%), myoclonus-11 (18%), tremor-6 (10%), unspecified extrapyramidal signs-10 (16%).